The article as well as the book both were effective in describing how beneficial it can be to use read alouds and shared reading activities in a classroom. Although these are activities that are thought to be mainly used in the elementary setting, I agree with the reading that it is very important to use these in secondary educational setting also. These two techiniques can be a great assest to students who donot retain information well when they read to themselves. In my experence with reading even at a college level, I gain a better understanding and can retain information better when it is read to me. I think a teacher should not only require students to practice reading through read alouds but also require students to have a discussion about what has been read to further deepen a students understand of the reading.
The article also pointed out how effective text talk can be to a students understanding of a reading. I found the table on page 14 that points out all the components of a text talk to be very interesting and I believe this to be something that I will try to implement into my class. The two things that I found to be most important from this table were the need to establish background knowledge and using follow up questions.
Why is round robin frowned upon?
Why aren't teachers required to engage their students in shared reading and discussions ?
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